Analysis of Howling Wind
Howling Wind
The wind howled and the dust blew
it traveled through the air seamless in the blue
from hell's kitchen to the devils den
it came onto the prairies and into the glen
Then it raged through the fields of yellow corn
with a fury of Satan not withholding his scorn
it knocked down some trees and a small shed
then it crashed the house on the Simpson homestead
From side to side and end to end
a still finally fell over the town of Grand Bend
the wind had now gone and left its mark
leaving hydro wires down and life in the dark
We will rise once again from the winds storm
as the lights will restore and we will be warm
nature has a way of balancing the day
for the sun is now beaming and the wind is gone away
| Scheme | XAABB CCDD EEFF GGHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 0110011 11010110001 111010101 111001000101 1111011101 1010110101011 111110011 1110110101 11110111 0110011001111 011110111 10110101001 1111011011 10110101111 10101110001 10111100011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 702 |
| Words | 145 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 13, 2023
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